Virtual care news, trends and reimbursement updates
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Here are five health system implementing, investing and creating new telehealth and virtual care programs:
Telehealth companies Amwell and Teladoc saw gains in the stock market following news of tech and retail giant Amazon ending its telehealth program, CNBC reported Aug. 25.
Cleveland Clinic's pediatric and neuroradiologists will now be available 24-7 to Children's Hospital New Orleans providers through a new teleradiology partnership.
From hiring a former Renton, Wash.-based Providence executive to reporting a net loss of $9.78 billion in its second-quarter earning report, here are six of the most recent healthcare moves from Teladoc as reported by Becker's:
True Captive Insurance is partnering with Walmart Health Virtual Care to launch myTrueMD, a new virtual-first insurance plan for employers.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has started construction on a 60,000-square-foot virtual care center the health system says will expand services to its largely rural patient population.
Former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin has secured $1 million in funding from venture capital group HBSI Capital for his telehealth physical therapy company, Ventrk.
LGBTQ-focused telehealth company Folx Health launched virtual monkeypox care options.
A new survey from telehealth infrastructure provider SteadyMD showed that 63 percent of clinicians would be interested in full-time telehealth work.
A new survey from healthcare staffing company locumtenens.com showed that 60 percent of hospitals want to expand telehealth.